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Paddington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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TABLE 46.
Registered Streets: Morbidity and Mortality Statistics.
| Disease. | Registered Streets. | Rest of the Borough. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914. | 1913. | 1914. | 1913. | |
| Morbidity*— | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 336 | 2.40 | 1.83 | 1.95 |
| Erysipelas | 1.87 | 1.14 | 0.85 | 0.71 |
| Scarlet Fever | 7.64 | 5.08 | 4.82 | 3.07 |
| Enteric (and Continued) Fever | 0.05 | 0.52 | 0.07 | 0.12 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.05 |
| All Diseases | 13.57 | 9.61 | 8.03 | 6.06 |
| Mortality*— | ||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 0.11 | 1.77 | 0.01 | 0.19 |
| Scarlet Fever | 0.21 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
| Whooping Cough | 0.64 | 0.78 | 0.11 | 0.17 |
| Diphtheria | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.09 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
| Diarrhœal Diseases | 2.51 | 2.46 | 0.29 | 0.26 |
| Erysipelas | 0.21 | — | 0.04 | 0.01 |
| Puerperal Fever | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.01 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis {Phthisis) | 2.24 | 1.99 | 0.88 | 0.93 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 0.75 | 0.37 | 0.17 | 0.18 |
| Alcoholism | — | 0.15 | 0.07 | 0.07 |
| 1.55 | 1.56 | 1.47 | 1.23 | |
| Premature Birth | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.27 | 0.38 |
| Developmental Diseases | 0.64 | 0.94 | 0.23 | 0.13 |
| Bronchitis | 2.24 | 2.46 | 0.88 | 1.07 |
| Pneumonia | 1.65 | 2.62 | 0.65 | 0.83 |
| Cirrhosis of Liver | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.14 | 0.12 |
| Accidents and Diseases of Parturition | 0.11 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 |
| Suicides | 0.05 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
| Other Causes | 10.15 | 9.02 | 6.02 | 5.82 |
| All Causes | 23.99 | 25.51 | 11.72 | 11.82 |
TABLE 47.
| " Clarendon Street Area." | Rest of Borough. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896-1900. | 1907-11. | 1914. | 1913. | 1914. | 1913. | |
| Morbidity*— | ||||||
| Diphtheria | 1.98 | 5.51 | 2.03 | 1.86 | ||
| Erysipelas | 2.15 | 2.11 | 0.94 | 0.71 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 8.27 | 5.67 | 5.06 | 3.16 | ||
| Enteric Fever | 0.16 | 0.48 | 0.06 | 0.16 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 0.07 | 0.07 | |
| Mortality*—All Causes— | ||||||
| All ages | 26.63 | 30.82 | 12.75 | 12.87 | ||
| 0—10 years | 35.87 | 45.18 | ||||
| 10— „ | 21.84 | 23.40 | ||||
| Institution Deaths† | 51.5 | 60.5 | 38.9 | 37.7 | ||
*Rates per 1,000 persons. †Per 100 deaths.